Rabbi Danny Met A Man ..

By Glen Berd2 Comments
Today Thursday July 24 I was walking in St Anne’s to The local Aldi. As I approached the entrance I passed by a man who was also about to enter the shop. He made eye contact with me and then introduced himself: “Hello I am from the local area and I understand you are Jewish”.   Well yes I was wearing my kippah and my tzitzit were hanging at the sides!   He then continued “I just want to tell you that whilst I am critical of the Israeli government I am not antisemitic “   He ended “ I am fully supportive of the Palestinian people”.   I asked him if what he meant by “fully supportive” included Hamas continuing to rule in Gaza. To his credit he said no.   I explained that Israel are doing their very best to destroy Hamas and this involves separating the Palestinian people from Hamas. This was of course weakening Hamas rule over the people - a key strategy in the regime’s survival - and...
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The Day the Golden Girls Came

By Glen Berd4 Comments
St.  Anne's Shul was delighted to host the Golden Girls from Whitefield Chabad, accompanied by Rebbetzen Sara Jaffe, to brunch and a tour of the shul, prior to their day out in Lytham. Lovely photos. I great day out in St. Annes. Thanks Sorah for organising the food. Thanks to the ladies committee of St. Annes shul for making us so welcome and providing and serving us tea and coffee xx Beautiful pictures.Thank you to Sora and committee for lovely lunch.St Anne's shul for there warm hospitality. A great day out with glorious weather. Ruth Lewis. Thank Sora,and the committee for a wonderful day to St Anns,and Lytham. Beautiful lunch, great Welcome to the Beautiful Shul and great welcome we got when we arrived very lucky with the weather as well in all a fabulous day. Thank you. Xxx CHABAD LADIES LUNCH – 21st July Ladies, it’s our pleasure to welcome you to our shul and...
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Donald Trump “God bless the Middle East. God bless Israel and God bless America”

By Glen Berd1 Comment
By Rabbi Danny Bergson The president of the USA Donald Trump just made a statement after the successful operation to strike and destroy Iranian nuclear capability. The statement was unequivocal and displayed his moral clarity, strength and courage to stand up against pure evil and have the faith that Good will prevail. He ended his statement with the words “And I want to just thank everybody. And, in particular, God. I want to just say, we love you, God, and we love our great military. Protect them. God bless the Middle East. God bless Israel and God bless America. Thank you very much. Thank you.” It is not unusual for presidents of America to invoke God but remarkable that he spoke about Love of God. Here in Europe reference to God has become an anathama as society has secularised. That Donald Trump not only thanked God in front of the world but also declared his Love for God is no small matter as we see from the...
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Midsummer MDA FUNDRAISER Concert and Dinner – The Movie

By Glen Berd1 Comment
What a night ! Despite the major setback of Rabbi Danny - the star of the concert - becoming unfortunately 'indisposed' the day before - a magnificent cast rose to the challenge and presented a fantastic concert. OK It was cobbled together on the day, but you couldn't tell (wink wink) - but judge for yourselves.  The videos are below ! Dinner was also judged a resounding success, from the Bucks Fizz cocktails while Dave Windle and Mike Frankel serenaded everyone in, to the 3 course homemade dinner created by the ladies of the Social Circle. The players, including Tzvi Bergson, Elliott Cohen, Stuart Levi, Tony Slome and Elaine Green, as well as Mike Frankel and Dave Windle worked their socks off - they entertained us royally ! The raffle contained the usual superlative prizes, and winners were given a proviso to grin, pretend to be thrilled and to actually take their winnings home instead of reject....errm I mean re-donating them. Click on each video -...
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